Welcome, beautiful soul, my name is Jaya. I am a word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. My life intersects with writing at ninchronicles dot com. You can find me on Fanfiction here.

I write by hand and have since the age of nine, and still do, though obviously I am transcribing many of the stories to type now. My interests lie with high, epic, and wild fantasy as well as fables and poetry.

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All updates CURRENTLY are erratic.

My Works:

Tangled Webs is the first of the Tangled Webs series, being the prequel to the following works. (And now an inapplicable back story due to changes made to the following book). Druzil Sinafey is new to the surface world. Bringing up baby Rizzen will be hard for him all alone. He must hide and steal from the elves. Life is difficult but Druzil also finds moments to appreciate life and all its beauty, something he has never been able to do before. But with life there is also death and danger and Rizzen has a free spirit . . . . .

Tangled Webs: Brothers In Arms is the first book in the series. Druzil and Rizzen Sinafey have left their home on a search for their missing six brothers. How will the surface dwellers receive the drow, known for their killer merciless reputation? What will happen to Druzil's drow brothers, wanted Dead or Alive? Will the eight Sinafey brothers find reunion and acceptance as they battle the prejudice and hate they come across?

Tangled Webs: Clash of Steel (in progress) is the second book in the series. Scattered to the corners of Zhengyian, the Sinafeys and their friends struggle to survive. Kimmeriel comes face to face with his father in a clash of minds. Druzil learns to live without his soulbrothers at his side. Kiowa must accept his magi brothers as they embark on a path washed with blood and carved from steel. Welcome to inferno.

Assorted Fables: Each published as an individual story, all of the fables were inspired by photo prompts. Some of them bear resemblance to traditional fairy tales, and were written when I was between the ages of ten and sixteen.

A To Z: A collection of haikus, each for one letter of the alphabet. Each haiku has something to do with light, love, and laughter.

Assorted Poetry: Poems I have written for friends and poems I have written to express my feelings against spanking and child abuse.

Coming Soon:

Tangled Webs: Tides of War is the third book in the series. Sworn enemies of the usurper, Baron Wilsonett, the Sinafeys and their friends are ripped apart by currents beyond their control, and find themselves battling the tides of war. While Kiowa scours his imprisonment for an escape, forming unlikely alliances with a woman of wild magic, the twins, Nalfein and Nalfey, don the mantle of leadership, rallying allies to storm the Capitol of Columbus. How much blood will flow before the lands can soak in no more?

Tangled Webs: Bound by Blood is the fourth book in the series. Kidnapped by mysterious dragon riders and taken to an island inhabited by oriental elves, Kiowa and his son must fight to survive while they wait for the rest of their family to find and rescue them. But when the Sinafeys arrive on board a stolen airship, they are thrown into their strangest adventure yet. Locked into a maze infested with demons, they must reach the center alive, struggling to survive their greatest adventure yet.

Reposted from another Author's profile. Credits to the rightful creator.

Kids are Quick

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
CLASS: Maria.

TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.

TEACHER: Glen, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLEN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong.
GLEN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?

DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.

TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!

TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie, always say 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'

TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.

TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my mom is a good cook.

TEACHER: Clyde, your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.

Reposted from Pip the Dark Lord of All's profile:

On a bag of Fritos:
You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
(The shoplifter special!)

On some Swann frozen dinners:
Serving suggestion: Defrost.
(But it's 'just' a suggestion!)

On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert: (printed on bottom of the box)
Do not turn upside down.
(a little too late, huh?)

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:
Product will be hot after heating.
(Really? Are you sure?)

On Nytol sleep aid:
Warning: may cause drowsiness.

On a Korean kitchen knife:
Warning: keep out of children.
(I think something got lost in the translation)

On Sainsbury's peanuts:
Warning: contains nuts.

On an American Airlines packet of nuts:
Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.
(somebody got paid big bucks to write this one...)

On a Swedish chainsaw:
Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands.
(Was that a popular problem...?)

On a child's Superman costume:

Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly

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